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CornellCookson expands Mountain Top production facility

Posted by | Jun 19, 2019 | 0 |

Manufacturing capacity in Mountain Top will grow from 10 bays to 16 bays – a 60% increase. The company recently announced a fifth shift at this factory to meet growing demand for its lineup of door products and closure solutions, along with increased hiring and job-growth initiatives. The expansion announcement comes on the heels of a major investment by Griffon Corporation, owner of CornellCookson’s parent company Clopay Corporation.

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The California Trail at the Oakland Zoo takes visitors on immersive and interactive journey

The California Trail at the Oakland Zoo takes visitors on immersive and interactive journey

Posted by | Jun 19, 2019 | 0 |

Noll & Tam Architects-designed California Trail project at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif., doubles the size of the zoo complex to roughly 100 acres and furthers the zoo’s mission of conservation, education and research with a focus on native Californian animals. More than 20 years in the making, the $72 million project was a culmination of community collaboration and the dogged perseverance of the Conservation Society of California. The project encompasses 26 structures spread across 50 acres of land, trails, as well as an aerial gondola system.

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Nominations now open for 2020 Wood Design Awards

Posted by | Jun 19, 2019 | 0 |

“There’s been a lot of focus on taller wood buildings, and it will be exciting to see some of those nominated,” said Jennifer Cover, WoodWorks’ President and CEO. “But the awards are a chance to celebrate excellence at many scales; to acknowledge the innovative use of new and traditional systems or techniques; and to recognize building designers across the country who express wood structure in creative ways.”

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“Waypoint” at Waypoint Park

“Waypoint” at Waypoint Park

Posted by | Jun 18, 2019 | 0 |

Waypoint’s new location draws people into the site to explore and approach the artifact connecting it to both to the city and the water’s edge. “When we thought of a durable, low maintenance, vandal and weather resistant coating, we realized what could be more appropriate than a coating used for highways and roads?” Mutuus Studio studied high index reflective glass bead traffic coatings (0.008 inches in diameter) and were continually surprised by experiments with this humble material and mesmerized by the way the light bounced and interacted with the environment around it.

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Find ease, restfulness with PPG brand’s 2020 Color of the Year: Chinese Porcelain

Find ease, restfulness with PPG brand’s 2020 Color of the Year: Chinese Porcelain

Posted by | Jun 18, 2019 | 0 |

In a world where sleep is viewed as a luxury and the anxiety of a fast-paced life is all too real, it is only fitting that PPG paint brand’s 2020 Color of the Year, Chinese Porcelain (PPG1160-6), offers escapism in today’s technologically driven society. Hand-selected by PPG’s global color experts, the shade is a blend of cobalt and moody ink blue that imparts calmness and restful sleep while also offering the spirit of hopefulness – a precious commodity in a restless world.

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OLE Health’s newest location clad with Linetec-finished aluminum wall panels

OLE Health’s newest location clad with Linetec-finished aluminum wall panels

Posted by | Jun 18, 2019 | 0 |

Designed by INDE architecture of San Francisco, the 29,000-square-foot, three-story building’s exterior colors showcase a contemporary, agriculturally inspired palette including terra cotta, light brown and slate gray tones. More accurately, the slate color is called, “Charcoal Smudge.” It was applied by Linetec using Sherwin-Williams Fluropon® 70%, two-coat, PVDF resin-based coatings.

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DPS Group and TRIA designing ElevateBio’s cGMP manufacturing “basecamp” facility in Waltham

DPS Group and TRIA designing ElevateBio’s cGMP manufacturing “basecamp” facility in Waltham

Posted by | Jun 17, 2019 | 0 |

ElevateBio selected DPS and its design affiliate TRIA to provide engineering design, architecture, consulting and interior design services for the fit-out of a raw warehouse space into a state-of-the art cGMP development and manufacturing facility for novel therapeutic technologies. Designed to feel like a “basecamp” – a physical foundation point for the incremental climb in the company’s growth, ElevateBio’s new facility will feature a collaborative open plan office and amenities that promote interaction, and provide flexible production suites for GMP manufacturing, laboratories, and a range of supporting utility and warehouse areas.

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Healthy residence halls promote student physical activity, utilize sustainable construction materials

Healthy residence halls promote student physical activity, utilize sustainable construction materials

Posted by | Jun 17, 2019 | 0 |

Specifying Healthy Materials: “While we still see cases of Sick Building Syndrome today, we have certainly come a long way from the less healthy buildings of the 1980s. Today, designers are focused more than ever on specifying and constructing healthy buildings, including residence halls,” said KWK Architects Principal Javier Esteban. “Just to put into perspective the importance of this issue, according to the EPA, the average American spends up to 87% of their time indoors, inside buildings. We live and breathe in man-made spaces, with a certain amount of filtered fresh air surrounded by products with high levels of chemicals.” So, what is a healthy building, or more specifically, what constitutes a healthy residence hall?

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New York State’s first proton therapy center reaches completion

New York State’s first proton therapy center reaches completion

Posted by | Jun 14, 2019 | 0 |

Stantec led the architectural and interior design of the state-of-the-art, 135,000 square foot facility with four treatment rooms and one research room. The three-story center, expected to treat 1,400 patients annually, is a collaboration between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Montefiore Health System, Mount Sinai Health System, and ProHEALTH Proton Management LLC.

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Ecophon Solo Baffles and Clouds from CertainTeed unleash creative freedom for designers working on open spaces

Ecophon Solo Baffles and Clouds from CertainTeed unleash creative freedom for designers working on open spaces

Posted by | Jun 14, 2019 | 0 |

CertainTeed recently launched an expanded line of baffles and a simplified line of clouds to address specifiers’ design and acoustic challenges with large open plenum spaces. In order to provide architects and designers with more design freedom and flexibility, CertainTeed has added two new shapes to its existing line of Ecophon Solo rectangular baffles: Wave and Zig Zag. The undulating waves and cutting-edge zig zag patterns provide a unique and dynamic visual for contemporary spaces.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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